Guess what arrived this morning. Both Alvina & Andrew and Rozanne & Souli are featured in the real weddings sections and we get to congratulate both couples – I told you guys you are rockstars.

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One of our favorite couples have been featured on the cover of My Wedding Day, and we get to cheer for them. We told you you were rockstars, and this proves it.

More pics from their out of this world wedding in Mauritius and here.

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Back in Mauritius, at the One&Only Le Saint Géran, a beautiful sunny day with just a hint of cloud above the Hindu temple to the west of the hotel. Chloe is getting ready at the salon, I’m pretty sure Tom is having a few drinks somewhere. Two hours later we’ll be waiting for the officiant to arrive, the sky will have clouded over with one of those tropical storms that seem to turn the sky black and disappear within a couple of minutes. I have to admit I’m slightly worried, the light is fading fast even for someone with a serious liking for cumulonimbus clouds, the big fat drops of rain aren’t helping either. Chloe, who by the way, wins the award for the calmest bride known to mankind (CBKTM), and V decide to do the portrait shoot while there is still light and we’re waiting for the officiant to arrive. So Chloe walks down to the beach with bridesmaids and a couple of umbrellas, Tom spots her, his face lights up and the sun starts to peek through the dark clouds, lighting up the beach in the most magical light that you only seem to get a few minutes before the mother of all tropical storms sets in.

V and I start shooting, a couple of rain drops land on the lens, but the big black camera is weatherproof and besides I quite liked the effect. Twelve minutes later the officiant arrives and we decide that we have enough killer bee images and it’s time to get these two married. We get them back to the beach, and the rain stops … this rain is just messing with my head … everyone grabs a chair and the outside area is recreated. The sun starts to set behind the palm trees and turns the afternoon in a tableaux straight out of a screensaver. Pretty damn amazing.

Someone mentioned on our facebook page that we seem to have the most beautiful clients, we do, it’s their wedding day. Tom and Chloe were also the nicest people and we are really grateful to have met them and been able to shoot their wedding.

Right, onto the images, as always you can see more from Tom and Chloe’s killer bee, super stormy wedding day on our facebook page.

You can see more from Tom and Chloe’s killer bee, super stormy wedding day on our facebook page. I also spotted a video of the wedding on youtube, interesting to see the images being made and then seeing the actual images, for me anyway.

I recently read a tweet by our friend @skinnderella “You know you travel too much when, at a hotel in PTA, while brushing your teeth for a moment you wonder if you can drink the water” – reminded me of when we were in Trogir and I woke up hungover in the middle of the night, stumbled to the bathroom and had a couple of glasses of water, kind of vaguely remembering that V had told me not to drink the water. The water had tasted pretty grim, but my hangover was worse. In the morning I noticed I had drunk out of the toothbrush holder.

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We almost always plan a day-after shoot when we do destination weddings, they almost never happen. You have to get up early, put the dress back on, get up early, oh, you also have to get up early the day after your wedding when all you want to do is sleep in late and have breakfast in bed. Alvina was determined, Andrew was game and I was kind of grumpy until I pulled back the curtains and saw the amazing light we had to work with. So, four hours after we went to sleep, I pulled on my swimming gear, put fresh batteries in the big black camera, sucked down all the caffeine in sight and we headed to Alvina and Andrew’s room. I was hoping that they had woken up, V was hoping that the caffeine would hit me some time soon. At one point she turned around and said to me, ‘Andrew must hate us right now’, I may have said out loud, ‘I hate us right now’.

The caffeine kicked in, the light was soft and subdued, Alvina was ready, in makeup, in her dress – what a rockstar!! – Andrew was sipping coffee in the corner when we arrived, also ready. Minutes later, the images on the back of the camera were looking out of this world. All was good, and then it was time for the underwater shoot. One day I’ll post some of the outtakes, let’s just say that buoyancy is a big issue when you’re dealing with such a shallow depth. We were also racing against the rain which in Mauritius doesn’t so much fall down softly as bounce off the ground. Anyway, I’m going to let you look at these pics on facebook, and just post a couple of behind the scene images

One underwater image – the rest of Alvina and Andrew’s day after shoot can be found on our facebook page

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After the Hindu ceremony in the morning, Alvina and Andrew had a civil ceremony that afternoon on the beach in front of Gin’ja. A couple of things stand out for me about the day. If you want frangipani petals for your impromptu flowergirl to throw while she’s walking, you ask someone to pick them for you off the plants that are growing everywhere. If you happen to have someone playing the guitar while you’re getting married, they may just play ‘Me and Mrs Jones‘ …. and if you’re photographing a beach wedding, you may have to crop out people walking across the bay on the water … to say we had an amazing time, both as witnesses to a wedding and as photographers, would be a major understatement. Oh, and mosquitoes in Mauritius buzz with a french accent – I kid you not.

Ceremony: Gin’ja at The Heritage Le Telfair
Reception: Seven Colours, Heritage Awali
Makeup: Talisa Lachman

Some more images from Alvina and Andrew’s out of this world wedding can be seen on our facebook page.

Some more images from Alvina and Andrew’s out of this world wedding can be seen on our facebook page.

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Kind of strange to be writing a blog post about Alvina and Andrew’s wedding. After about a million emails (rough estimate), a couple of meetings, plenty coffee and much anticipation on both sides, it feels like we’ve known them forever and they’ve become friends. Alvina and V trade medical advice (pretty sure), diet tips (probably) and knitting patterns (not really, but it amuses me to imagine that).
So yes, after what seems like a short eternity we were finally at the Heritage Le Telfair, ready to rock and roll. I think I’m pretty much going to let the pics speak for themselves. I just wanted to thank Pravina, Dusty, Joy, Prem, and Alvina and Andrew’s friends and family, wow, what a pleasure. We only take a few destination weddings a year and we are so glad to have been present at this one.
A quick quote before I show you some pics, cause I’m not really a quotes kind of person, from Black Uhuru, I think, “Your love and friendship for each other echoes in eternity”. Sounds about right.
These are from the hindu ceremony part of the day.

Ceremony: The Heritage Le Telfair
Reception: Seven Colours, Heritage Awali
Makeup: Talisa Lachman (0842484801 based in Johannesburg)
Videographer: Gonzalo Fanny – very relaxed and unobtrusive, and a really nice guy on top of that.

Some more images from Alvina and Andrew’s out of this world wedding can be seen on our facebook page.

Some more images from Alvina and Andrew’s out of this world wedding can be seen on our facebook page.

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